I Don’t Know How To Love Him Piano Chords & Patterns

Learn I Don’t Know How To Love Him in 5 steps

The chords first, then one hand at a time. Each step plays in the player above.

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Chords: D – G – G – D – G – D – A
How it goes
I Don’t Know How To Love Him sits in D major: D is home, where the song ends. It goes round 7 chords: D is D, F# and A; G is G, B and D; A is A, C# and E. Play each one as a block with your right hand until the changes feel easy.
DIGIVGIVDIGIVDIAV
- DD · F# · A
- GG · B · D
- AA · C# · E
384 songs go round the same chords
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Left hand: Sleepy heartbeat
How it goes
One long note, then a soft double tap in the second half. Musicians call it root bass · 1 · 3 · 3& (root bass rhythm), an easy pattern heard in 314 songs of the library.
Sleepy heartbeatRoot bass rhythm · PopLeft handEasy
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Right hand: Pumping chords
How it goes
A chord on every eighth note, driving the song forward. It moves with the chords, so it fits every bar of the loop.
Pumping chordsPumping 8ths · RockRight handMedium
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Both hands at 68 BPM
How it goes
Put the two hands together over the loop. Start at half speed with the player's speed control, and bring it up once every change is easy.
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Ending: D – Em – D
How it goes
The last chords are I – ii – I, then one chord rolled from the bottom up, left to ring.
DEmD
- EmE · G · B

What chords are in I Don’t Know How To Love Him?

The loop is D – G – G – D – G – D – A (I – IV – I – IV – I – V – I) in D major, and the song ends on D – Em – D.

What key is I Don’t Know How To Love Him in?

D major, at about 68 beats a minute in 4/4.

What does the left hand play in I Don’t Know How To Love Him?

Sleepy heartbeat: root bass · 1 · 3 · 3&, an easy pattern. It follows the chords, so the same shape works for every bar.

Is I Don’t Know How To Love Him easy to play on piano?

It is a medium one: learn the 7 chords as blocks first, then add the left hand, then the right, slowly.

Can I hear the real melody of I Don’t Know How To Love Him?

Yes: "The part you know" plays the main tune of the song from a score, with both hands.